CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



RETURN TO RIO DE JANEIRO.— CONGONHA AND BARBAZENA. 



Travellers from Pitangui. — Contraband Gunpowder. — Blacksmiths. — Rodeiro. — Chapaom. 

 — Congonha, or Caancunha. — Splendid Church there. — Miraculous Interposition of the 

 Virgin. — Lepers. — Sua-sui. — Brazilian Admiration of the Taste and Manners of Fo- 

 reigners. — Reflections on the Form of the Country. — St. Joze. — Barbazena, — Registro- 

 Velho — Borda do Campo. — Juruocca. — The Rio Grande. — Mantiqueira. — Pedro Alves. 

 Singular Snakes. — St. Vincente. — Patrulha. — Rocinha do Negro.— Parahibima. — 

 Governo. Page 5 1 6. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, COMMERCE, AND FOREIGN RELATIONS. 



Increase of Population. — Improvements in Rio and the Condition of the People. — Police. — 

 Military. — War of Rio Grande' do Sul. — Revolt at Pernambuco. — Its Effects upon Rio 

 de Janeiro and neighbouring Provinces. — Talaverians and Pernambucanos. — Forts. — 

 Internal Policy and Management. — Public Justice. — Regnal Honours bestowed upon 

 Biazil. — Acclamation of the King. — Increase of Schools, Knowledge, and Taste. — 

 Commerce. — Its former State. — Roads and Ports, — Present Internal Trade of Rio. — 

 Bank of Brazil. — Treasury. — Coasting Trade South and North of Rio. — Colonial Trade 

 to Africa and Portugal. — Foreign Trade in Portuguese or Brazilian Vessels, to the 

 Plata, Asia, and Europe. — Commerce purely Foreign, British, North American, 

 Spanish, belonging to Sweden and other States. — Political Relations and Prospects 

 of Brazil. Page 546, 



APPENDIX. 



Signals by which Vessels approaching to enter the Port of Rio Grande do Sul, show to the 

 Pilot Boat the Water which they draw. Page 604. 



Tables of Commerce. Page 605. 



A Glossary of Tupi Words. Page 629. 



